Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-01-14
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SE The new Mankato Fl wafer, works are
ia operati on. F 's5$ s55 .5
at Cannon Falls, during 1886. there
were 15 deaths and tibirtdis1 i l.ss s,5 S#
l samuel j. 81 Hasler, q a.. Red Wing
pioneer died last week, at an advanced
Ilage. h S.
III Ohm Met { in the ffllist white settler
lon on the shores Of Lake Pepin, died last
week, aged "A year. ...s. .s= B.
B. In 1886 there were / 81. deaths 1T
I Wlllnonn,5a per centage of g!ssS5 on the
population Of 10000. &C. n I'D s5 .5:ssI
During the cold wave last 5sesk lie
ISueur registered 45 4 below Zero,
h Rochester tool ester 42, Lake City Al, Waelena
46. .. S.'# u z... I. + !. S B. =
M Twelve hundred members ofst. Paul
snoW-shoe and toboggan clubs, ,naese
an excursion to St. Cloud on the srts.
and and had q jolly, good time. II = :'ss
At. Chatfeld ), Mike Morrison, a CON-
testanti Il a recent fight, is seriously i'm
jured, having two. teeth broken of. 1,
little lin ger bitten off at the first Joint
and and g bad eye. Fear is entertained of
blood poisoning: ...$. = .s.
The annual report Of the Louisville.
SCOTT CO., Farmers Mutual Insurance
company shows fortg-eight policies in
force since Jan,1 with aStotal amount
OF $57.325. The total expense Of tn.s,
association for the year 1886 amounts
TO $34. 35.s '>''.$ : - =.
The following is tne report of Hans
Johnson, clerk Of the district court at
he'd Ming. of the receiptsfor, the busi-
ness done last year; For recording
births and deaths, $l15.8O; 22l mar
rlage; licenses, 1929; naturalization
papers, $l60; miscellaneous BUSINESS.
$1,O72.62 49,. @1<I :,
The Austin Savings and Building as as.
ISOLATION with The capital stock of
100000 has been organized, with, o..
M. Shaw, president; G. : H. Davidson,
vice-pressident;s S. L. Howell, :, secre-,
tary;; G. Fl. Goats, treasurer; and La
fayette French, attorney and a board
Of nine directors. - e. ~ =.
i County officers salaries in Wabasl,a
county for 1887 have been announoedas
follows. county attorney and superin-.
tendento of schools $1,000 and 81, 300,
respectively. The county liquor license
was fixed at 500, wolf bounty same as
paid y state and wildcat bounty 49,
for each cat killed. :, =.
A city paper Of the 9Th published the
following Osakis item; :. John Band
who is now over seventy-three years. of
age, and who procured a divorce froua
his fifth wife a month ago, was. naar-
ried yesterday to a, lady from Boston.
Rand advertised in il Boston paper for
wife, and the result is as, above
stated. -, @., ES@s il asss =
At the meeting Of the commission ers
of Mower County the treasurrrs bonet
for $50, 900, signed by As sureties. was
accepted. the salary of county attorney
was fixed at $500 and auditors clerk
at 5000, The sheriff's statement
showed the receipts for 1885; for that
office to be 81 ,342, "a, and of the clerk
court $1,526,5O. y :; III
| j.. According to the Internal Revenue
| department, the oleemargarine traffic of
Minnesota. is not Of alarming propor-
tons. The statistics cover the period
| OF one month, and give the informa-
ton that there are only three whole
sale and two retail dealers in oleomar-
garine in the state. and that the number
| OF pounds of the article; assessed was
only 2,731.
Representative Knnte. Nelson has
introduced q bin in the Hpuse proyid-
ling that anysperson who, i'm good faith
Ihas purchased railroad Indemnity lands
and made valuable improvements there
on, may, when the lands from any
cause are srestored to tlae. public do
main, it he, cannots entar such lands
under the homestead: presumption or
timber culture laws, be permitted to
make private entry within one year at
the price of 81 70, per aaa1,es. e
1 Congressman N elson has notified the
the Indian Commissioners that he will
| oppose the eaties3 and agreements
made last summer with the ChippeWas
land Mile Laos III MINNESOTA, which
must DO ratified by congress to go into
effect. The a;gre ernents as tlhey now
stand provide thar the timber lands
shall be disposed Oh III forty acre par-
scels, at auction, sealed bids to be
Submitted for them. The agri-
cultural hands ane to be dis
posed of in the salas way in 100 acre
parcels. Mr.. Neisoa says it is prepos--
teroussto disposesof agricultural lands
lin this, way; that the land laws should
| be extended over these lands and set
tiers allowed to take them under the
| homestead act or by some such provis-
ion / ss is contained In tho Dawes
bill relating to the Sioux reservation.
/ The disposal Of the timber lands in the
manner proposed Mr.. Nelson has no Oh
lection to, hut his strong opposition to
/ the agreement as now arranged is what
has chiefly caused the bureau to hest
itate about sending these agreements to
congress. ia SHE 81.
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